URL

Computers.

Uniform Resource Locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet.

an address that identifies a particular file on the Internet, usually consisting of the protocol, as http, followed by the domain name.

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Examples from the Web for url

“Somebody suggested [we give him] a $1,000 baseball signed by Mickey Mantle [in exchange for the URL],” Robinson told me.
Ben Carson’s Bizarrely Serious, Seriously Bizarre Campaign Crew|Olivia Nuzzi|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its URL now leads web users to a statement from the Vice's editors who say they "apologize to anyone who was hurt or offended."
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To get there, says Gawker, you have to download some kind of anonymizing software first and then visit this URL.
My Bitcoin (Mis)adventure|Winston Ross|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for url

URL

abbreviation for

uniform resource locator; a standardized address of a location on the internet, esp on the World Wide Web

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Scientific definitions for url

URL

[ yōō′är-ĕl′ ]

Short for Uniform Resource Locator. An Internet address (for example, http://www.hmco.com/trade/), usually consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.hmco.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server (trade).

Cultural definitions for url

URL

An abbreviation for Universal Resource Locator, a title that refers to the formal address of a document on the Internet.